Changing drive letters of optical drives

[Peabody]

When you change a drive letter, there's a notice that certain
programs may not run properly - presumably because the registry or
similar entries have hard-coded the old letter.

I would like to change the drive letters of the optical drives. If
I do that right after installing Windows, but before any apps are
installed. Is this likely to cause any problems?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

When you change a drive letter, there's a notice that certain
programs may not run properly - presumably because the registry or
similar entries have hard-coded the old letter.

I would like to change the drive letters of the optical drives. If
I do that right after installing Windows, but before any apps are
installed. Is this likely to cause any problems?

No, it isn't. If an installation process is unable to locate your
CD drive then it will prompt you for a new location.

 

[Mike Fields]

When you change a drive letter, there's a notice that certain
programs may not run properly - presumably because the registry or
similar entries have hard-coded the old letter.

I would like to change the drive letters of the optical drives. If
I do that right after installing Windows, but before any apps are
installed. Is this likely to cause any problems?

That is one of the first things I do on my systems. I start the optical
drives at L (I have L,M, and N on my system). The warning is
true, however, if you don't change the letters now, you are likely
to get bit later when you add a hard drive etc that moves the
letters around then breaks things. I started doing this back in
win 98 days and it saved LOTS of problems for me (kids games
are notorious for locking to a CD-rom drive at the same place
it installed from).

mikey

 

[Jonny]

Can think of one MS program that will give you a problem right off the bat,
MS Ages of Empires II / Conquerors expansion set. The drive letter is hard
coded in the install. Simply won't work if it can't find the media under
the drive letter at the time of installation. No dialog box asking location
of media etc. Don't know if the super-bloated Age of Empires III has the
same irregularity.

I use drive letters "S" and "T" for my cdrom and DVD burner respectively.
Drive letters should be changed upon the OS install, or when first getting
your new factory made PC.